The telomere reserve of neonatal stem cells suffices for about a decade, judging from the age of onset of dyskeratosis congenita a disease associated with inadequate telomere maintenance.

• 从先天性角化不良症（一种端粒维护不当的相关疾病）发作年龄来判断,新生儿的干细胞端粒储备足够满足约10年。